Graham, too, must have been tired with his day's work: he listened dutifully to his elders and betters, said very little himself, and followed with his eye the gilded glance of Paulina's thimble; as if it had been some bright moth on the wing, or the golden head of some darting little yellow serpent.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

He is celebrated as the most learned and virtuous prince of the age; but such virtue, and such learning, contributed neither to the perfection of the individual, nor to the happiness of society A slave of the most abject superstition, he was surrounded on all sides by visible and invisible enemies; nor were the flames of hell less dreadful to his fancy, than those of a Catalan or Turkish war.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

somewhere Rhywiaeth, n. distinction of kind Rhywiogaeth, n. a species, a sort, a kind Rhywiogaethol, a. generical Rhywiogi, v. to render or be come genial Rhywiogrwydd, n. generality Rhywrys, a. over ardent Rhywun, n. somebody Rhywynt, n. a hurricane Sa, n. a fixed state; a standing Sach, n. a sack Sachaid, n. sackful, bagful Sachell, n. a small sack, a bag Sachellu, v. to bag; to stuff Sachliain, n. sackcloth Sachu, v. to put in a sack Sad, a. firm, steady; discreet Sadell, n. a dorser, a packsaddle Sadellu, v. to put on a dorser Sadio, v. to make firm Sadrwydd, n. firmness, steadiness Sadwrn, n. Saturn.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

In his visits to the capital, the Chief always wore a modified highland costume, which well set off his stalwart, upright form: the blue bonnet and feather, and richly embossed dirk, always rendered him conspicuous, as well as the tartan of brilliant hues depending from his shoulder after obliquely swathing his capacious chest; a bright scarlet vest with massive silver buttons, and dress coat always jauntily thrown back, added to the picturesqueness of the figure.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

but he had the impudence to make up to me one time well done to him mouth almighty and his boiled eyes of all the big stupoes I ever met and thats called a solicitor only for I hate having a long wrangle in bed or else if its not that its some little bitch or other he got in with somewhere or picked up on the sly if they only knew him as well as I do yes because the day before yesterday he was scribbling something a letter when I came into the front room to show him Dignams death in the paper as if something told me and he covered it up with the blottingpaper pretending to be thinking about business so very probably that was it to somebody who thinks she has a softy in him because all men get a bit like that at his age especially getting on to forty he is now so as to wheedle any money she can out of him no fool like an old fool and then the usual kissing my bottom was to hide it
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

As I scrambled to my feet a hand took me by the arm, and a sympathetic and badly scared voice asked me if I were hurt.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

With the memory of these things always in his mind, it was scarcely strange that Archibald Floyd should bear the burden of his riches meekly and fearfully, knowing that, whatever he might be in the Stock Exchange, he was in the sight of Heaven only a feeble old man, very assailable by suffering, very liable to sorrow, and humbly dependent on the mercy of the Hand that is alone powerful to spare or to afflict, as seemeth good to Him who guides it.
— from Aurora Floyd, Vol. 3 Fifth Edition by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The emotions which agitated she heart of Adrienne, became so violent, that her fine face was flushed with a bright red, her bosom heaved, and her large, black eyes, lately dimmed by sadness, once more shone with a mild radiance.
— from The Wandering Jew — Volume 10 by Eugène Sue

"I guess you have handled an axe before," said Vaughn.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in New England; or, An Exciting Quest in the Maine Wilderness by Frank Gee Patchin

When Florence had been naughty she always became suddenly very affectionate.
— from Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer

After having wandered over these vast continents the eye is attracted by still vaster seas.
— from The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

Leigh on Mendip (pronounced Lye), a bleakly situated village on the E. Mendips, 6 m. W.S.W. from Frome.
— from Somerset by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Wade